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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.6
Title
A Hero Approaches a Heroine and Her Attendant, Folio from a Rasamajari (“A Bouquet of Delights”) Series
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1690-1700
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Nurpur
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216000

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Pahari Style
Dimensions
21.5 x 30.8 cm (8 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas III, Class of 1957
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The painting features a scene from the Rasamanjari, a poetic treatise on love that describes how men and women act towards one another while they are in love, their experience with and being in love, and how they react in different situations surrounding love. Here, the hero (nayak), approaches two women. He wears a yellow turban and a pale pink robe (jama). One hand rests on the hilt of his sword, which hangs from his waist sash (patka), while the other is raised in conversation. The women stand outside a palace. The woman who is closest to the interior of the palace, with a translucent black and gold scarf wrapped around her body is the hero’s love interest, the heroine (nayika). She is accompanied by her companion (sakhi). Pahari Style.

Exhibition History

  • From India's Hills and Plains: Rajput Painting from the Punjab and Rajasthan, 17th through 19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/1993 - 10/31/1993
  • Pavilions of Love: A Ritual Space in Indian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/10/2007 - 09/23/2007

Verification Level

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